Game-board



c. H. JOHNSON.

GAMEBOARD.

APPLICATION FI-LED .IULY I8. 1918,

1 ,3 1 3, 600. Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

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Il EN "75 Emi- TME COLUMNA PLANOGRAPII co., WASHINGTON, n. c,

UMTED 'PATENT OFFICE CHARLES H. JoIiNsoN, or" sacrmifyrnirdcamronma l GAME-BOARD. .Y

To all whom t may concern.' 1

Be it known that I, CHARLES H.' JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State of "Caliiornia,L have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Boards, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to game boards, and the objects of the invention are to provide a game board which has a` novel form of gripping means affording a continuous hand grip so that the board may be tilted in various directions as desired, and to also provide a board which has a central pivot so as to enable the same to be tilted in different directions about the pivot.

Further, the invention aims to provide novel means for trapping the balls with which the board is used in the playing of games, and to also provide a board which may be easily taken apart and assembled.

Still further and other objects will later appear and be manifested in the course of the `following specication.

In the drawings:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the in vention;

F ig. 2, is a central vertical View; and

Fig. 3, is a like View of a modified form of the invention.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, a central support or post 1, is employed on the top of which is suitably ,secured the circular board 2. A circular guard rail 8, is suitably secured to the upper face of the board or top 2, and has its upper edge portion inturned or overhanging to prevent the balls from accidentally leaving the table or top 2. It will be apparent that the rail 3, is disposed inwardly of the peripheryof top 2, so as to thereby provide a continuous circular hand grip f1 of the same thickness as that of the remainder of the topV enabling the players to grasp the ring-like part 4 at any point throughout its circumference.

As depicted in Figs. 1 and 2, rods 5 with turnbuckles (i, may be used to connect the post 1 to the top 2, and if desired a wood brace 7 may be used to supplement or entirely take the place of the rods 5, as shown in Fig. 2, this brace at its lower end fitting in a notch 8 cut to conformably receive same in the post 1, and at its upper end may be held by an abutment. such as the screw 9 depicted in Fig. 2. n The upper end of post 1 A fsp'eqnation of Letters latentf .y Patented Aug. .519, 1919- Appiication flied any 1s, 191:81 senarNo. 245,569." j 'i i removably` its'in a "socket or) collar l0V secured to the under face'oii'thetop 2, so that upon removal of the braces, the post may be also removed and the entire structure thus vcollapsed'.` "*fThepost 1, is formed with a passage 11 which latter at its lower end is turned out- Wardly at an angle and extends through the As shown in Fig. 3, the post is omitted and the balls drop directly into a bag 15, the latter being removably secured by means of a rubber band or metal clasp 16, to a collar\17 v grooved to receive the band or clasp 16.

In playing of the game, which may be by two, three 'or more players, the post is seated at its lower end on a table, or other preferred support, and each player is provided with an equal number of marbles, for example ten each, the marbles being grouped and the groups being differently colored so as to enable same to be easily distinguished. One player will then grasp the continuous 'handle` and by tilting of the board in various directions with the lower end of the post as a pivot endeavor to roll his opponents marbles into the passage 11, whereupon same will be trapped in the receptacle. The next player then proceeds in a like manner but endeavors to roll his opponents or opponents marbles. into the passage, the players being allotted a like period of time in rotation. The player who first succeeds in trapping his opponents marbles is winner of the gaine. The game more particularly is designed to be played with the various groups of 4marbles representing opposing forces or armies, with the aim of capturing the opposing forces or armies, each player being equipped with a set or group of marbles, and the players being positioned to points equidistantly spaced about the circumference of the board so that the continuous hand grip is available to all of the players regardless of whether or not the board may be turned.

Claims:

l. A game boar-d including a plate having a ball-receiving aperture,y a support depending iirom the center of the plate, a receptacle, means to detachably suspend the receptaole `from the support, and a means arvranged Within the support and communicata yball-receiving aperture, a support depend' ng'from the'ee'ntei1 of the plate, a receptacle, means to detachably suspend the lyeeptaele from the support, said support having a passage with one end of the passage communieating with said aperture and With its opposite end turned at an angle and extending through and flush With a side of the support and into a side of the receptacle, and means to'conneet the receptacle to the sides 0f the support at points below said angulall end of the tubular member.

In testimony thereof, I aX my signature in Athe presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES JOHNSON.

Pie-S 0f this 11H-teit may be Obtained fQI` -Qvlce'lttls caen, addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 111105 

